vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-20257: QEMU: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 16, 2022
Added
Aug 16, 2022
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

An infinite loop flaw was found in the e1000 NIC emulator of the QEMU. This issue occurs while processing transmits (tx) descriptors in process_tx_desc if various descriptor fields are initialized with invalid values. This flaw allows a guest to consume CPU cycles on the host, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-qemu
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